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1918(Dec) Printed Docteur Jacops, Hayange envelope roughly opened to Chonon ? Haute Savoie bearing Germany Germania 2 x 7½pf tied by German style Hayingen / Lothr. cds (day is unclear..This was a snub to the French who were in Military occupation.. Alsace Lorraine was ceded to Germany by the Treaty of Frankfurt in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian war, with the French remaining resentful of this throughout the years. No opportunity was lost & the 1st Feb 1915 French occupied and took Military control of several areas starting with the French P.O.s at Moosch & Wesselring with more to follow. After the defeat of Germany & under the aspises of the Treaty of Versailles Alsace Lorraine was reunited & ceded back to France in 1920.